Oil Springs, VL, Ontario (1911 census)

Oil Springs, VL was a village in Ontario, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 646. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q4864794. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.784°N, 82.117°W.

Population

In 1911, Oil Springs, VL had a population of 646: 321 male and 325 female residents. Population density was 206.4 people per square mile.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD became part of Oil Springs, VL, 1921 (30.0% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Oil Springs, VL shared boundaries with:

• Enniskillen

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 32 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 2,000 area in acres, 646 total population, 325 females in the population, 321 males in the population, 206.39 population per square mile, 176 single (never-married) females, 175 single (never-married) males, 155 families, 127 married females, 127 married males, 22 widowed females, 19 widowed males, 3.13 area in square miles. 1,018 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 229 persons of British origin (Irish), 180 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 164 persons of British origin (English), 41 persons of German origin, 10 persons of French origin, 9 persons of Austro-Hungarian origin, 7 persons of British origin (other), 2 persons of Dutch origin, 1 persons of Scandinavian origin. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 251 Presbyterians, 218 Methodists, 101 Anglicans (Church of England), 40 Baptists, 31 Roman Catholics, 4 Greek (Orthodox) Church adherents, 3 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Adventists. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 155 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON087010 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON122018 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q4864794
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_Springs,_Ontario

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Oil Springs, VL, Ontario (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/oil-springs-vl-on087010-1911/.